Eighteen minutes for Falcao to make his mark

After his long injury layoff, El Tigre was among the goals within eighteen minutes of coming onto the pitch against Lorient.

After slotting in a 77th minute penalty to level the scores, Radamel Falcao took a moment to savour the goal, before picking up the ball and thanking teammate Dimitar Berbatov, who'd earned the spot-kick seconds earlier.

Coming on as a 59th minute substitute to the acclaim of the crowd, the Columbian hitman wasted little time in getting back to scoring ways, duly putting away the penalty at the same end of the pitch where he missed against Valenciennes in December 2014.

Unfortunately it wasn't enough to prevent defeat, but grabbing a first competitive goal since his injury represents an important milestone for Falcao, who had previously not featured in Ligue 1 since the win at Toulouse on 19 January.